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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Ticketmaster
Current Parent Company: Live Nation Entertainment
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Penalty: $37,500
Year: 2002
Date: January 7, 2002
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Ticketmaster and Time Inc. agreed to pay $75,000 as part of the settlement of allegations they misled ticket purchases into subscribing to magazines. The announcement did not indicate how the amount would be divided between the companies. Here we assume it was split evenly.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: New York Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: New York
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: California
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: entertainment
Specific Industry of Current Parent: entertainment
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.